Our First Sunday and Tender Mercies

October 20, 2013

Today we had our first meeting with the Serviceman’s group. It was very a spiritual environment. Most of these young men and women are restricted to the Post, cannot wear civilian clothing, use any personal electronics during the duty day, or even ride in a car except under certain circumstances. We had a small group today of about 10 soldiers. We have Sacrament meeting and then a combined Priesthood/Relief Society. Following that, we had a light lunch with them. They are mostly young 23-28 years old and many are returned missionaries. We met the couple that we work with at the group. They are a really nice couple. Brother Kovacs is a retired army officer who manages a Northrup Grumman facility here in Sierra Vista.

I had an interesting experience that I wanted to share with my grandchildren concerning the tender mercies of Heavenly Father toward those who are striving to be obedient.  I was playing golf yesterday at the local golf course and as I mentioned in my blog post yesterday, I lost my brand new sunglasses. I searched for about an hour yesterday but to no avail. I could not remember where I last had them.

Last night as I prepared for bed and said my prayers, I asked Heavenly Father that if it was his will, I would really like to find my glasses. As I was lying in bed, the thought came to me; I know where my glasses are. It was a location that I had already searched but I received a firm thought that I should go back and look again in that spot. Today, after church I told grandma about my thought and that I would probably go back tomorrow morning and look. She said, why not go look right now? Following her counsel, I drove to the golf course, borrowed a golf cart, and went out to search the location that I had thought about. When I arrived at the location, I walked down into a small gully and stood right where I remembered that I had been. I looked down and right next to my foot were my glasses.

Now, some would say that it was just a coincidence. It was not! There is no doubt that I was lead to that spot. We need to never doubt the power of prayer. More important, when you receive a prompting, do not delay but act on it. I have had many of these kinds of experiences in my life. Heavenly Father does not always answer our prayers exactly like this, but he will answer us in his own time and in his own way. Do not doubt!  He loves you and wants to bless you!

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I once was lost but now I'm found....The glasses